Member of Technical Staff - Government

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">About xAI</span></strong></h3> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">xAI’s mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company’s mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">All employees are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.</span></p></div><h3><strong>ABOUT THE ROLE:</strong></h3> <p>This newly formed non-cleared civilian team focuses on engineering and deploying xAI's AI capabilities (models, APIs, tools, and integrations) for U.S. federal civilian agencies, state/local governments, and non-sensitive public sector workflows. No security clearance is required or expected for these roles—we're building the bridge to responsible, high-impact AI adoption outside classified environments. You'll work closely with product, research, infrastructure, and legal/governance teams to make Grok and future models maximally useful for civilian missions while upholding safety, transparency, and ethical standards.</p> <h3><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Design, build, and optimize integrations between xAI's frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and civilian government systems, platforms, and data environments</li> <li>Develop secure, scalable solutions for non-classified use cases such as policy analysis, scientific research support, public health modeling, regulatory workflows, and citizen-facing services</li> <li>Collaborate on custom SDKs, APIs, developer tools, and documentation tailored for government and enterprise developers</li> <li>Partner with civilian agency stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype solutions, and iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback</li> <li>Contribute to safe deployment practices, including red-teaming, bias evaluation, output filtering, and explainability features for high-stakes non-classified applications</li> <li>Work cross-functionally to refine xAI products for public sector reliability, compliance (e.g., federal standards like FedRAMP considerations), and usability</li> <li>Ship production-grade code and features with a bias toward speed, simplicity, and measurable impact</li> </ul> <h3><strong>BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>4+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications (strong Python proficiency required; other languages a plus)</li> <li>Experience working with large language models, generative AI, or agentic systems—either in research, production, or applied engineering</li> <li>Familiarity with government or public sector technology environments (federal civilian agencies, state/local gov, or regulated industries like healthcare, finance, or infrastructure)</li> <li>Strong product sensibility: ability to translate ambiguous stakeholder needs into concrete technical solutions</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, high-performance code under tight timelines</li> <li>Exceptional problem-solving skills and intellectual curiosity—you thrive on hard, ambiguous challenges</li> <li>Excellent communication skills; you can explain complex technical concepts to non-technical partners clearly and concisely</li> </ul> <h3><strong>PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Prior work on AI safety, governance, red-teaming, or responsible AI deployment</li> <li>Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), or API orchestration</li> <li>Background in policy-adjacent technical roles, civic tech, or public-interest technology</li> <li>Contributions to open-source AI projects or developer tools</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><em>xAI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our&nbsp;</em><em><a href="https://x.ai/legal/recruitment-privacy-notice" target="_blank">Recruitment Privacy Notice</a>.</em></p></div>